Chocolate Whoopie Pies

• 12 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 14 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 13 cups marshmallow creme
• 1 12 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 14 teaspoon table salt, dissolved in
• 1 tablespoon water

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Lightly grease or parchment line two baking sheets.
3. To Make cookies:.
4. Cream together shortening, brown sugar, egg in a large bowl.
5. Whisk together cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in another bowl.
6. In a third bowl, mix vanilla and milk.
7. Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk mixture to the shortening mixture, beating until smooth.
8. Drop stiff batter by the 1/4 cupful onto prepared sheets, about 2 inches apart.
9. Bake cookies for 15 minutes, until they are firm to the touch.
10. Cool completely on cooling racks.
11. To make filling:.
12. Beat all of the ingredients together in a medium bowl.
13. Assemble by spreading about 1/4 c filling on half of the cookies and top with the remaining cookies.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-whoopie-pies-354154 (may not work)